Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
538 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...
..SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY
AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL ABOVE 2000 FEET AND
IMPACT THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND THE CASCADES. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE VALLEYS.
IDZ002-220945-
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COEUR D`ALENE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D`ALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN...WORLEY
538 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY.
4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE COEUR D`ALENE
AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. THE
HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2000 FEET IMPACTING THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF COEUR D`ALENE. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D`ALENE...POST
FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY.
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
538 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...
..SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY
AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL ABOVE 2000 FEET AND
IMPACT THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND THE CASCADES. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE VALLEYS.
IDZ004-220945-
/O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0029.091122T1200Z-091123T0900Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS
538 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO
1 AM PST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM PST MONDAY.
4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE ST MARIES AREA
AND THROUGHOUT THE SILVER VALLEY AREA BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED AS SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OVER SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES AND
RIDGES WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WIND SPEEDS OVER THE VALLEYS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY LIGHTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS.
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
538 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...
..SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY
AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL ABOVE 2000 FEET AND
IMPACT THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND THE CASCADES. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE VALLEYS.
IDZ003-220945-
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IDAHO PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE
538 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY.
4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE
AREA BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AS
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS COULD PRODUCE SNOW
DRIFTS OVER HIGHWAY 95 AND OTHER NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE STEADILY BY LATE EVENING AS THE SNOW AND
WIND BEGINS TO TAPER OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...
POTLATCH...GENESEE.
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
329 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...HEAVY SNOW FALL EXPECTED OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE
BLUE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
.A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALL TO THE
WASHINGTON CASCADES BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND TO THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW FURTHER MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DIFFICULT.
ORZ502-WAZ030-220800-
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/O.NEW.KPDT.WS.W.0009.091122T0600Z-091123T0300Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE
329 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
TOTAL SNOW FALL OVER THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND
THE NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS IN WASHINGTON IS EXPECTED TO REACH 7
TO 12 INCHES. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE FROM SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT PASS
LEVELS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH LOCAL VISIBILITY
REDUCTIONS DOWN TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OF LESS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY
ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. BLOWING
SNOW MEANS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE A TRAVEL HAZARD. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER
INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON.
&&
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
307 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
WAZ518-519-220845-
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WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
307 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY.
A VIGOROUS PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL
TO THE CASCADES THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL
LIKELY BE IN THE RANGE OF ONE FOOT TO TWO AND A HALF FEET. THE
HEAVIEST PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE TONIGHT WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES
EXPECTED.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT...THEN FALL TO 2000
FEET ON SUNDAY AS SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU
PLAN TO TRAVEL INTO THE CASCADES BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS...LONG DELAYS...AND ROAD CLOSURES.
&&
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